Texas $163,295,115: Texas' $59.2 million in ticket revenue alone would place it among the top 50 public schools in Division I in total revenue. The $21.3 million difference in total revenue between Texas and the school with the second-highest revenue total, Ohio State, is greater than the total revenue of more than half the Division I programs. Brett Davis, USA TODAY Sports

Ohio State $142,043,057: Ohio State also was second in the nation in operating expenses with $124.4 million spent on its 36 teams. It reported $49.1 million in ticket revenue -- $41 million from football. Among the 15 categories of revenue that schools report to the NCAA, its greatest growth occurred in miscellaneous revenue, which grew to $25.9 million from $11.6 million. Rob Leifheit, USA TODAY Sports

Michigan $140,131,187: Since 2009, Michigan's revenue has grown by nearly $45 million. During this period, Michigan's annual operating surplus -- the amount by which the revenue generated from athletics each year has exceeded the program's expenses -- has more than doubled. Matthew Emmons, USA TODAY Sports

Alabama $124,899,94: Alabama's revenue in 2012 rose slightly from the $124.4 million it brought in during 2011; its operating expenses in 2012 increased to $108.2 million from $105.1 million in 2011. John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports

Florida $120,772,106: Florida's total athletics revenues, as shown on its report to the NCAA, declined from 2011 by about $2.7 million. The total revenue decline for 2012 comes from the year-over-year change in its endowment and investment income. It reported such income as minus-$666,629 in 2012 after reporting $9.1 million in such income in 2011. Paul Abell, USA TODAY Sports

Texas A&M $119,702,222: Texas A&M's 2012 revenue total was its largest by about $21.6 million (it had $98.1 million in 2009). But the major difference from prior years was in the $53.4 million in contributions it received in 2012 -- and most of that money, athletics director Eric Hyman says, was donated to help pay for specific facilities projects rather than for annual operating expenses. Soobum Im, USA TODAY Sports

LSU $114,787,786: LSU's revenues increased by $7.5 million in 2012 while its operating expenses increased by $10.2 million. However, the program's revenues – none of which come from subsidies – still exceeded expenses by $12.8 million. That made 2012 the second consecutive year in which it has had an eight-figure operating surplus. Derick E. Hingle, USA TODAY Sports

Penn State $108,252,281: Penn State's overall operating revenue declined by nearly $7.9 million compared to 2012, but athletics officials have attributed that primarily to a spike in 2011 revenue caused by an usually large number of football club-seat and suite contracts coming up for renewal in 2011. Penn State had $106.6 million in revenue in 2010, the year before the revenue spike and a year in which Penn State played eight home football games rather than the usual seven. Gene J. Puskar, AP

Oklahoma $106,456,616: Oklahoma, reported increasing its operating revenues and its expenses by nearly the same amounts in 2012. Revenues increased by $2,117,772 from 2011; expenses increased by $1,886,400. Matthew Emmons, USA TODAY Sports

Auburn $105,951,251: After three consecutive years of reporting that its athletics operating expenses had exceeded the revenues generated by the program, Auburn in 2012 achieved self sufficiency. It generated nearly $5.5 million more than it spent. This was achieved because Auburn not only increased its revenue, it decreased its operating expenses by $4.2 million Dave Martin, AP

Tennessee $102,884,286: Tennessee's operating revenue fell by $1.5 million compared to 2011. Meanwhile, its operating expenses increased by $3.7 million in 2012 to $101.3 million. The revenue that Tennessee attributed to football fell from $60.5 million in 2011 to $56.9 million in 2012; the expenses that Tennessee attributed to football rose from $21.1 million in 2011 to $22.3 million in 2012. Jim Brown, USA TODAY Sports

Wisconsin $103,803,040: In 2012, Wisconsin's total revenues and operating expenses each exceeded $100 million for the first time. Also in 2012, on a dollar basis, Wisconsin's program was the most heavily subsidized among those at Big Ten Conference public schools. It received more than $7.1 million in subsidies – including more than $4.8 million in direct support from the university. Denny Medley, USA TODAY Sports

Florida State $100,049,444: Florida State's revenue increased by nearly $21.5 million in 2012. It reported that contributions rose by $11.7 million compared to the 2011 total; sponsorship, licensing and royalties rose by nearly $6 million; its share of Atlantic Coast Conference and NCAA revenues by $3.1 million; and ticket sales by $2.4 million. All of that offset a $4.1 million drop in endowment and investment income, which Florida State reported as $0 in 2012. Melina Vastola, USA TODAY Sports